What are the top 5 new features YOU want to see in iOS 8?

Leave a comment listing the top FIVE features YOU want to see in iOS 8! We'll tally them all up and post the results!

The iOS 8 rumors are running hot and heavy these days, what with everything from Healthbook to improved Maps with transit and indoor directions to a separate iTunes Radio app to TextEdit and Preview apps to inter-app communication, to — you get the idea.

A lot of the excitement is because iOS 7 was such a major re-imagining of what a mobile operating system could and should be and iOS 7.1 gave us our first look at that all polished up. It was a herculean task by everyone at Apple but, once done, it opens the door on so many new and great possibilities. That's where you come in. What are the top 5 new features you want to see from Apple in iOS 8?

Put your list of 5 features in the comments. We'll let it run for a few days and and then comb through everyone's replies and distill out the most frequent, most interesting, and most amazing ones and post the results!

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What are the top 5 new features YOU want to see in iOS 8?

1. I would like to see the ability to "select all" in the damn e-mail inbox so I can delete the hundred or so e-mail messages at once in lieu of having to tag each and every one to accomplish the same thing!

2. I would like to see the ability to "select all" in the damn e-mail inbox so I can delete the hundred or so e-mail messages at once in lieu of having to tag each and every one to accomplish the same thing!

3. I would like to see the ability to "select all" in the damn e-mail inbox so I can delete the hundred or so e-mail messages at once in lieu of having to tag each and every one to accomplish the same thing!
4. I would like to see the ability to "select all" in the damn e-mail inbox so I can delete the hundred or so e-mail messages at once in lieu of having to tag each and every one to accomplish the same thing!

5. I would like to see the ability to "select all" EVERYWHERE I can create a list, so I can delete all at once in lieu of having to tag each and every one to accomplish the same thing!

This has been the stupidest oversight by Apple all along and I cannot believe it is STILL not a capability.

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1 screen rotation like the i pad.
2 different colours to differ between incoming and out going calls
3 if same person calls not to make list longer just add to early call
4 old one but chance to remove built in apps like stocks and game centre
5 guess i would be happy then

1. Ability to lock the phone not by pressing the ON/OFF button: you should be able to set a way to turn off the screen by using the light sensor for instance or to use the Touch ID if available. Using ON/OFF button regularly is killing the button itself! I already got my 5s button worn because of that... :/

2. Ability to use Touch ID when available in order to create more features like:
'One tap = "Return Button like what we can see in Android"'
'Two taps = Setting / Option of the App'
'Three taps = Multitasking enabled to switch between Apps'
'Holding = using the Touch ID feature itself within the App'
'Home Button' should be reserved to exit an App but not continuously pressing it
'Home Button double taps = clear all the background opened tasks'

3. Quiet ring on pick-up, especially useful when you are in a middle of a meeting and you don't have to search and toggle the ring/silent button.mode

4. Ability to set the Home screen for a pattern lock alternatively to the passcode by default

5. Ability to restart/fast reboot/re-spring the iPhone without shutting it down completly and ON.

1. I want to be able to print to my (or any) network printer that's available. No more if this "only air printers".
2. To be completely able to customize the notification area.
3. Be able to control the video volume separately from the notification or Siri volume. I don't care if there's a list of all items - that would be better than lumping them together.
4. Have some sort of notification - 'hey dummy, your taking too many pictures and running out of space'
5. Have the keyboard change the letters when in caps/lowercase.

1) Mark text messages and voicemails as "unread"
Its nice that I can read an email and then mark it unread to remind me to reply later, weird I cant do that with other communication pathways
2) Forward Voicemails... Why can I copy and paste everything else but not these?
3)Larger screen (not and OS issue but seriously)
4) A new map, or ability to choose a default map... I currently use waze for all maps but have to copy and paste all my addresses
5) Dial in the weather! Its ridiculous I have to use so many other apps to do what iOS cant do as a default.

1) swype native keyboard
2) more interaction between apps
3) a customizable screen/widgets
4) ability to try apps before purchase (I realize that's a developer thing, but they may see more purchases if the app is as good as they claim)
5) wireless charging
6) BETTER BATTERY LIFE!! I wish they would stop making the phone thinner. I don't want a phone that can fit into a credit card slot. I'll take a phone that's a couple mm thicker to accommodate a bigger battery. I do wish Apple would get past the "thinner is better" mentality. I don't want to shave with my phone but I'd like the battery to last longer than 5 hours. I have to get a Mophie case in order to make it through the day. Now I have a longer and bulkier phone so I'm not constantly looking for a place to charge.
One of the problems I have with the iPhone is that they've put all ports on the bottom of the phone. I would really like to see them put the earphone jack where it belongs..on the TOP of the phone. I would also like the option to delete all emails rather than deleting one at a time. Swype, better battery life and screen customization would be the top 3 on my wish list.

Reading through most of this I know how you can solve 90% of these issues - get a Blackberry 10. Does everything I read in the comments, and more.
We have apps, ability to install Android apps, and the two biggies being Instagram and Snapchat - our native apps are better than the originals.

1. Airdrop between iOS and OSX
2. Group FaceTime
3. Drop game center and make a connection center with a API for social networks to connect to.
4. Share a movie, Tv show, Song or iBook for 48 hours with another IOS user.
5. Have Siri interact and speak notifications

1. TouchPal keyboard.
2. Ability to organise photo album exactly like the way it's done in Android.
3. Ability to share anything to anywhere just like in Android.
4. Take look at how Samsung does control centre.

1. Ability to check call history WHILE on a phone call
2. Push email from any email provider
3. A usable file system that allows me to place, move, and manipulate documents and other media.
4. Airdrop that works with Macs, PCs, AND Android devices.
5. No 3G/LTE data limits on app downloads. 50 MB is not enough. If I have data that I want to pay for I should not be told when to use it.

1. Be able to customize a little more. (Keyboard, folders, slide to unlock colors and patterns)
2.select all in email
3. Free app of the DAY, not week
4. Some new emojis
5. Bring the ".com" button back in safari

1. Allow you to delete all of your mail at once instead of individually having to delete them.
2. Allow use of an optional Memory card instead of relying so much on icloud or iTunes etc.
3. A More advanced Siri and camera/video!!
4. Be able to have a lot more options to customize and personalize phone more and to be able to erase data that is stored in phone and using up much needed phone memory without worrying about losing pics videos or important things u want to keep
5. More options for internet other than the std. Safari and an app killer that automatically closes apps ur not using to save on battery life etc.

1. I would like to see video screen shorting capability. As they have in OS X Mavericks. It's not built into the operating system, but they have a downloadable application. For copy write issues you can't film any movies on iTunes. But I would like to see maybe an aption for say if you held down the home button and lock screen rather than just pressing it you would be presented with an option: video screen, or something like that. Then you could video your screen for say 15 seconds. Then to resolve the "restart" which previously used those buttons, you could hold the start button down and an option could be presented. Slide to shut off, and below it, slide to restart. And for the occasional freezes the software could know if you hold the start button for over say 10 seconds (5 more than it takes to get the "slide to power off bar") then it would just restart. I think that would be great!
2. I would like the notification center to combine the missed notifications and all. I never use the missed. If I missed it it shows up in all. I really don't need to know I missed it.
3. Another improvement I would like to see would be inter app communications, or apps that can now work in the back round while say you sleep and you can turn your phone to sleep rather than leave it on all night while you sleep so your app can run.
4. Another thing I would like to see would be a bar like say OS X mavericks has. When you get a iMessage, a banner shows up and gives you an option to "close" or "reply. If you choose reply in the corner of your screen a bar shows what you are typing. Then you hit send. This is much nicer because you no longer have to switch applications to reply. Another Mavericks thing I would like to see is something from the trackpad. If you swipe 3 fingers on the track pad it switches to the other application. I think if they enabled an option, not a build in part, but something programmable to your needs, but so if your in safari and the last app you used was messaging you could swipe to the side and be in massaging rather than double tapping the home button. Or even swipe up with three fingers as a short cut to see all the apps you have running.
5. And finally I would really like to see an option for an auto delete of text messages. I keep my text messages because if I make a plan to meet at the store at 2 on Sunday, by Sunday I've forgotten the time. So I keep the texts, but I also have to keep all the ones prior to that which takes up memory. I would love to see a "delete messages after _____ weeks" so you could program say, clear any messages 2 weeks old. That way you can keep your messages that are recent, keep your memory, and not have to delete any on your own unless you delete them immediately.

Top five features I'd like to see:
1. Quick reply for iMessage/text. Being able to respond while in another app without diving into the messages app would be great.
2. I would also like a little more customization, especially with the keyboard.
3. A more detailed notification center.
4. Better battery life.
5. Universal file storage.

Honestly I love iOS 7 but I would like
1. Pop up reply for text messaging like Bite SMS
2. (NO ASSISTIVE TOUCH) And instead someway where you can add certain gestures to activate certain things like for instance tapping the status bar would activate the home button just like Activator.
So you don't have to keep clicking your home button and ruining it

1. Fix the shift button. It's silly.
2. Fix email attachment bogdown
3. Fix messages attachment bogdown and give me delete all
4. Photos and iPhoto are separate and it's stupid. Throwing the same and duplicate pics back and forth is ridiculous.
5. Icloud is still a bit wonky with contacts and such.

Basic things that makes the diference.
1º. Black keyboard in all apps,
2º. "select all" in the e-mail app.
3º. Close multiple apps at once.
4º. Big covers in the music player app like ios 6. (Please!)
5º. Fix the wallpaper issue for the love of God!!!

IOS7 is simply a great platform the best so far, but there are a few things i think apple could improve in terms of user friendly.

1- ability of choosing wether the use of touch buttons and to get back to home screen by physical button, or swipe touch to go back to home screen ( swipe back in in-apps which is already a greaaat addition to IOS and it makes the experience much better and faster ) either from one of the corners of the screen, since there are "plans" to make a bigger iphone so i presume there's space for that tech to be implemented.

2- more options to lock screen such as weather info, ability to reply directly from notifications

There is a lot missing in iOS like AirDrop iOS and OS! Then for sure Notification centre that does what it suppose to do! I also need an iCloud service that helps me get my work done!
I think apple understand that but they will release it slowly so they always have the aha effect!

I think it's gonna be not the next big thing and we don't need it, the next iPhone will be the next big thing!

Fix the home button so it goes back to the home and not the folder or user choice
Have custom shortcuts in control center
Have all vidoe shot in landscape mode. Portrait videos need to end
Car mode to keep users from texting while driving
Landscape keyboard in reminders app

10. A dark/black interface (similar to the invert colors option) for better nighttime viewing. Ability to change to a dark keyboard (similar to Youtube's keyboard).

11. iOS 7.1's keyboard shift key screwed up, I hope they fix this with letters showing like 'a' if it isn't capitalized with 'A' if the shift key is toggled.

12. Less memory usage for stock apps. Or the ability to delete stock apps and store them in cloud.

13. Ability to enable passwords for folders to protect apps.

14. A GUEST MODE similar to the jailbreak tweak that allows users to highlight apps that can't be accessed during guest mode. Since iPhone and iPad users worry too much about lending their devices to people and worry about messing with private information, this switch could help.

16. Customizable assistive touch (like why does screen capture, lock screen, or multitasking have to be so far and complicated) for real and faster assistance.

17. A transparent feature for the dock to look better. This should also improve visibility when adjusting the volume (compare to iOS 6) volume adjusting where we can still see though the video without mild interruption.

Well, those may be too much to ask, but here are some things I have been looking for a long time now. :)

1) I want a feature that just reads me a webpage. I'm tired of having to select all the text that I want the phone to speak. I wish I could just say, read me iMore.com. This would be such a great feature for driving.
2) Larger screen. I like the MotoX size.
3) Better battery life.
4) Mote storage space.
5) Larger default iCloud account size.
6) A keyboard that projects onto the surface.

1.Quick reply for messages
2.Delete all mail and messages
3.faster airdrop connection
4.place all game apps in Game Center with better integration
5.have Siri perform local commands without the need of internet connection such as music you already have in your device and contacts.

Actionable notifications like on Mac. Whatever OS magic they can conjure up to give me a ten hour battery life as opposed to my 4-6 battery life on my iPhone 5s. I'm aware I can tweak settings and extend my battery. But this is Apple and I shouldn't have to sacrifice features to be able to enjoy the product more.

I want the ability to put widgets in the notification center. I'm talking all manner of widgets. Hark! A plethora even! I desire the ability to use spotlight search to open a note and have it scroll me down in that note and highlight the word. Much like it does on Mac OS.

1.) Better Battery Life! I'm tired of having to resort to a Mophie case. I would rather have an iPhone with a bigger/more efficient battery than an even slimmer device.
2.) Quick Reply Messaging. Using BiteSMS and android devices have made it hard to understand why this still isn't an option. Would make things much easier.
3.) Touch ID settings for certain apps. Once again something we see in the jailbreak that is very useful. Give us a little more freedom apple
4.) This sounds weird but I would love for the ability to fire up Google Now instead of Siri with the push of a button. I know it'll probably never happen.
5.) Better Game Center integration, the app has never really taken off and I feel like most people don't even know how to set it up or use it.

1. Native PDF printer
2. Customized lock screen, I like to see upcoming appts immediately.
3. More customization of the pull down notifications, mainly more calendar showing and options.
4. Deliver the promise of better synching of reminders, calendar, contacts, etc.
5. Improve the fingerprint reader software, it is still not very good.

1. Quick reply for iMessage/SMS
2. iMessage/SMS to stop alerting in my ear while on a call (its 2014...seriously Apple?)
3. Some sort of file management system
4. Ability to attach files to an email in the native email app
5. Themes or at least a dark messages option

1. System wide sharing mechanism similar to the one from Android
2. Ability to change default apps like browser, mail app, etc.
3. Actionable notifications (for example option to quickly reply from notification about new message) that are of course open to third party developers, not only Apple apps
4. Folders that don't waste so much space on iPad (in other words have more than 3x3 icons on one screen)
5. Ability to view something more than photos (at least documents) from SD card or pendrive connected to Camera Connection Kit.
5.

1. Make it sip battery to the point you think it has has been turned of.
2. Apple buy BiteSMS and implement it with just about every notification.
3. Bring iMessage to a more community/social network like feel like BBM.
4. Improve notifications to where I actually get damn notifications without having to unlock my phone and several pour in at once.
5. Blackberry hub. Copy it, buy it, whatever

How about a year with out a SO CALLED MAJOR UPDATE. How about fixing what we have and just make it work Fix the Battery Drain Issues and just let us the users get to really know where the hell everything is buried. Between iOS and OS X updates or downgrades. I am sick of entering passwords or acknowledging that another device has signed into my Apple Account. We update to loose features. Oh yeah they will be brought back sometime in the future When we do another Update.

Been a Apple II & Mac User user for over 30 years, an iPhone and iPad since the first releases and I don't ever remember so many bungled updates. What is even sadder is that the competition is even more screwed up.

I'd settle for a notification center that shows all-day calendar events and lets you see the week's weather forecast at just a glance. You know, like iOS 6 ...

If I'm being greedy, I'd also like to be able to attach images and files from within the email app instead of embedding them.

I'd like Apple to care more about my privacy when messaging. When receiving texts and iMessage, I have the option to receive a banner/pop-up but hide the actual substance of the text/iMessage. But if I use a third-party app to message - i.e., Google Hangouts or WhatsApp - there is no option. I can only assume the option isn't there because Apple doesn't allow it.

Finally, and although Apple will never do it, I'd like the option to use third-party apps as default - i.e., Swype keyboard, Google Maps, Chrome, etc.

I would like again to send a text message to a caller while on the phone, a pre-typed message, something like, on the phone call you when I'm done.
Originally this could be done but not now you can only do this if your not on a call.

1. Clear all in the notification shade
2. Additional shooting modes and more filters built in to camera.
3. Ability to select from multiple Bluetooth devices in control panel.
4. Try before you buy support in AppStore.
5. More control for setting wallpaper size and scale.

For Me...it would be about adding features that I currently keep my JailBreak for...

1. Put BiteSMS into the OS instead of the native iMessages. It's just so much better.

2. I'm a PC user and want to be able to read and respond to my iMessages and Texts from my PC screen when I'm at my desk. Remote messages lets me do it via JailBreak through my Web Browser and this would be a killer feature for me in iOS8

3. Let me decide what toggles and controls to put into Control Center

4. When my iPhone / iPad is connected to a PC/Mac. Let it play the music through your desktop speakers from the iPhone / iPad rather than iTunes. This sounds silly I know but I listen to audiobooks a lot, and I want to be able to listen in the car, or through headphones, then plug in to my PC and carry on listening through my PC speakers from where I left off.

5. Do SOMETHING about the awful calendar app. I've now downloaded AND LOVE "Tempo" it's just so much more useful and integrated. I find it really odd that a third party app can be so much more integrated with the iOS than the native app.

That would keep me loving iOS and would stop me ever needing to JB again!

1. Offline siri for local tasks (timers / reminders etc) - especially with carplay this is a must. No more "I'm sorry I can't connect to the network right now." One of the few things that makes me what to throw my iphone at the wall.
2. Dynamic icons. So fantastical can display the date without needing to use a badge (for example)
3. Fitness stuff (such as health book linked into an iband / iwatch)
4. An improved siri like google now with information in advance of asking for it. It should be allowed to go through my email even if it's not an apple email account to help come up with relevant information.
5. More of a contact/people hub stolen directly from windows phone. I want to go to a contact and see all their latest photos, facebook, whattsapp, linkedin notifications.

1) Let me teach Siri about my pronunciations. I drives me crazy that when I ask to play "Clint Eastwood" (even if I say by Gorillaz) I get a message saying that Siri can't find "Klint Eastwood"
2) Transit in Maps
3) The ability to select items in the Control Center - Iike remove do not disturb and replace with turn hotspot on and off
4) A way to attach a pdf in mail - especially when replying to a thread
5) more emojis or let me buy sticker packs - my girlfriend and I use Line just for the stickers

- Improved file handling, including support of network storage for media and document formats.
- Improved printing, more detailed configuration for print jobs (Paper format, duplex, color/greyscale, etc)
- Siri improvements, including the ability to spell out words and control of 3rd party apps.
- Email improvements: Sort emails, mark all as read, multi-select, edit and resend email as new, fetch email when user logs into phone
- Have cell data take over if Wifi signal is there but weak.

1. Integration with OSX tags with expansion of iCloud. What I don't want is a file system. Everything on my mac is tagged so I just search for the appropriate ones to find my stuff, it's 10x quicker than delving into a tree of folders. I want there to be one big iCloud file depositary and then each app displays the files it can open from that store with search by tags. When you make a change, it should show up in any app that can handle that file on ios or osx. That way I'd have less duplicates of files and could use fewer apps.

2. Quick reply to notifications. Use it all the time on my mac, surely coming to ios.

3. Better notification centre on iPad. When I had it jail broken I had notification centre accessed with swipes and coming from the right side of the screen like on the mac. More useful and less space wasted, it doesn't need to cover the whole screen on an iPad Air!

4. Multi window support on iPad. Big enough screen, specs can handle it, would make my ipad so much more productive.

5. Turn Apple TV into proper casual gaming machine complete with App Store and bt controllers. I'm happy for the apps to run from my ios devices if latency can be worked out although I feel it would be better to have a self contained box so you don't need an ios device.

1) Similar to Android, I would like to share articles, videos, bible verses, etc across every social network on my phone: ubersocial, G+, Flipboard etc...not just the apple approved ones.
2) the weather app front and center.
3) Better customization options for home screens, etc.
4) better battery management
5) more ram (not a software issue, I know)

1 Power Save mode when battery gets low (like windows phone and the new Samsung Galaxy)
2 Print to PDF (PLEASE!!!!!!!)
3 A shared file system accessible to all apps, basically a centralized store for all your files so that you don't have to go into X app and use "send to..."
4 Airdrop between iOS and OSX
5 A limited number (4 maybe?) of notification widgets on the lock screen. Basically, something similar to "live tiles" where individual programs can continuosly show various info/statuses. But not so many as to take up the whole screen. This might not work all that good on iPhone/iPod but would be great on the ipad I think.

1 Some kind of live app tiles or widgets to custimize the home screen more
2 iPhone themes that change the look and feel a little bit
3 tabs in safari to not reload all the time when you leave and come back
4 safari performance and stability improvements
5 tv app group with channels like Espn streaming abc etc and a place in the App Store dedicated to them

1. DnD range - I want to be able to set more than one time range for Do not Disturb. Like the Alarm.

2. Access to music playlist from lock screen - I want to enter control center and tap then get my currently playing playlist so I can change songs without unlocking the phone.

3. UpNext in music app - I want the same thing that is currently in iTunes. I want to be able to que up my songs in the order I want them to play. I want to be able to add a song to play next instead of either waiting for the current song to finish playing or playing the song I want.

4. App/folder icons anywhere on the home screen grid - I want the ability to put my icons in a sqaure, down the edges, etc.

5. Smarter Siri - I want Siri to resume playing the next song, songs from the playlist after I used her to play a specific song. I want her to know I have a holiday or day off scheduled and suggest to turn off my morning alarm.

+ more TouchID integration - Expand the TouchID integration at least in the Apple apps. Why do I still have to type my Apple ID password for setting up appointments in the Apple Store app, to turn off Find my iPhone in the settings, etc. At the very least the Apple stuff should all use it automatically.

1. Installable third party services for things like default browser, weather info/app, keyboards, etc.
2. Option to not automatically turn off when connected to a power source (Palm used to call this "Stay On In Cradle"). I haven't bought an iPhone dock in a long while because they are nigh useless to me -- Except for certain specially designed apps, the screen keeps turning off. Constantly toggling the Setting throughout the day as I dock / undock my phone is no solution, either.
3. Like how we can see which apps used location services recently, some analogous information that could help diagnose rapid power drains.
4. A much, much more configurable lock screen / today screen.

For me the iphone is almost perfect, all I really want is , a bigger screen 4.7. Way better battery and ability to download different keyboards , those 3 things would make it perfect for me . I have a moto x as well as my 5s , lots of the android tricks are great but I can live without them

I could add more than five, but here are the ones I would like to see:
1. Document repository for email so you can add Excel, Word, etc. files while composing an email instead of having to go directly to that specific app.
2. BT Mouse support, especially for the iPad.
3. Way to kill all open apps at once.
4. Something like RetnaPad to make ALL apps expandable to the iPad screen.
5. File manager.

Those are some of the must haves. Granted, you can get all of these through jailbreaking (which I have done), but you really should have to and most of these have been on other mobile systems for years.

I'd like so see the following:
- more customizable home screen, get rid of the fixed grid, hide default apps, ...
- open more APIs to third party developers (e.g. Siri, Touch ID)
- Better/ improved or replaceable keyboards. I really like the Blackberry keyboard I have on my company phone.
- Finder app for iOS
- Support for iWatch

Also one point I like to have not restricted to iOS so not in my list. If I'm next to my Mac I'd like to see the notifications from my iPhone on my desktop.

1. A new user interface paradigm to replace the stale 8-year-old one.
2. A new user interface paradigm to replace the stale 8-year-old one.
3. A new user interface paradigm to replace the stale 8-year-old one.
4. A new user interface paradigm to replace the stale 8-year-old one.
5. A new user interface paradigm to replace the stale 8-year-old one.

In the many years since iOS was first introduced (and don't get me wrong, I've been a loyal iPhone user since day one, literally), the one big problem has been iOS's inability to adapt to your individual workstyle from an interface perspective. It's the same grid of icons, page after page. They're all uniformly sized and shaped, and can be so visually complex at times, that instead of being distinguishable, it turns into a big mish-mosh of visual noise. Have you ever flipped through pages of icons looking for one in particular, only to pass right by it because it just blends into everything else? I have.
'But you can search for the app by name,' you say. Yes, true, that is, if you happen to remember the name. Otherwise, it's back to the old pageflip scan...

Here's the point; Springboard is showing it's age. Badly. To the point where when the Nokia Lumia 800 and Windows Phone 7 was released, my first thoughts after using the phone for a bit were, "Wow. Microsoft has out-Appled Apple."

Today the "Modern" interface on Windows Phone is now cleaner, more customizable, more personal, more user-friendly, and more visually-appealing. Microsoft allows the base interface to be extended, so the lock screen can be customized to give you an at-a-glance status on what's important to you without having to do more than click the power button. Furthermore, the 'Live tile' concept which make the app icons themselves interactive and capable of displaying information without having to go into the application itself, are far superior than the icon badges in iOS, not only because they can provide richer, more detailed information, but they do so without breaking the plane of the icon and intruding into the grid.

Another thing 'Modern' does right is allow the user to resize app icons, making some more prominent and others less so. Those icons/tiles can also be arranged with empty space around them, however the user wants for further visual simplicity/segregation. And then there's the alphabetized list of applications installed on the device, as the only other 'page' as part of the interface, so the user can set up only the apps that are important to them as tiles, and leave everything else on the list page.

If you take a good, long, objective look at it, Windows Phone 8.1 really is the best phone interface on the market today (and the gap in "must-have" apps is narrowing at a rapid rate too).

But, what I'm talking about here is design -- good design -- which is Apple's strong suit; and yet, I would have to say right now, visually, we've got the weakest OS when it comes to that.

Jon Ive took a good first step with flattening the interface in iOS 7, but it's not far enough. It needs to be simplified further, made less visually-cluttered, and more adaptable; it's got to break free of the old "our-way-or-the-highway" mentality.

To me, that means making Springboard extensible with plug-ins. There's some exciting stuff being done in the jailbreaking community, a lot of which actually adds significantly to the user experience. Rather than trying to lock these folks out, Apple needs to embrace them, to invite them to the table with an extensible framework, to include their add-ons in the AppStore (which ensures their safety for end-users), and possibly to including some of these great ideas in Springboard itself -- or allow people to install Springboard replacements, much like Microsoft allowed users to use a different shell than Explorer on Windows.

But more than that, Apple needs to rethink how we're using our phones today as opposed to eight years ago, when the lead developers had been given a two-week deadline by Steve to finish the phone. We're still stuck with that old paradigm on a terrific piece of hardware that is light-years ahead of it's interface.

I hope that's made some sense; if not, let me know, and I will try and narrow it down further.

1. attach files/photos/videos, etc. to emails direct from the mail message
2. have the ability to respond to calendar invitations received
3. pre-define conference call numbers so they can be easily picked up when creating calendar invitations

Being a big palm Treo 680 fan, the only features I miss from my Treo 680 was being able to create/edit groups in the Contact app. The other four things I'm hoping for:
1:. ability to create folder in Note app like on the Mac
2. Preview app on iOS
3. Ability to pause a video while recording (a camcorder feature)
4.actionable notification for at least the stock communication apps

Oh I really hope iOS will bring back the quick Twitter and Facebook buttons in the notification centre like the Mac now or maybe put it in control centre. I really miss post quick text only twits without having to go into the Twitter app.

1. List view of full day of calendar appts. In notification center
2. Improved weather info in notification center
3. Predictive info in notification center (eg Google Now)
4. Better predicative search web in Safari & Spotlight (eg. Google lets you hit arrows when you get the first part of the phrase right)
5. Ability to choose the quick launch apps in control center

(Don't say get an Android phone - this is a list of extra features I want to see "added" to the many, many features I love on iOS).

I think the select-all feature in Mail is really something which should be brought back. It is mystifying to understand why it was ever taken away? There actually IS a way to highlight and then click and drag down to erase, but not if you want to select a certain number for mass deletion yet still keep a few. I have intermittently discovered this using the Magic Mouse on my desktop, & it's a matter of clicking on the right spot of the Mouse, & no where consistent. With all the mentions of bringing this feature back listed here, one would think a more comprehensive overhaul of the Mail app would come in any new update, rather than meaningless changes like flag colors, or whatever....

I would like to see an alphabet scroll bar in the folder source list in Mail. Also, I'd like to close my folders in Mail on my iPhone & iPad. Hopefully, iOS 8 may be the update I need to finaly see these features!

1.- Better bluetooth keyboard integration. It's been improving, but I'd like to be able to control more features.
2.- More live icons when it makes sense.
3.- 5 icons dock. With the rumored bigger screen for the iPhone 6, there's a chance we might see this...
4.- More iCloud storage when you have multiple iDevices.
5.- iCloud accounts. So that I can login in any device and access my email, my messages, my photo stream, etc.

1. Actionable notifications (or at least if you're going to ZOOM me out of an app, ZOOM me back into it after I press send, etc.)

2. Better Control Center functionality (like the video that ties in the multi-task feature with CC options)

3. BiteSMS or a Messages app like it... Also maybe tie in FaceTime to the app as well instead of a standalone since it looks like we're getting even MORE stock apps. -.-

4. To go with the above... Deleting, or at the very least, hiding, stock apps.

5. Pretty much anything that alleviates having to do so much double-clicking and switching between apps (like copy and paste functionality).

6. (I know, Top 5 Wants, but..) a better music player. I think the UI needs a major overhaul. I miss the dark theme of iOS 6, but have gotten use to the bleach out of iOS 7, but it's just kind of boring. I like how Google Play panes the album art (also making it much larger) and other UI elements from Beats Music, etc. also would like to have the same ability to show label information and what not that you get while syncing but if you use iTunes Match it no longer shows that's information. Kind of annoying and minor qualms but would still love to see it.

1)actionable notifications
2) airdrop btw iOS and OSX
3)multitasking with multiple apps
4)customization of home screens( i want to be able to put 1 app anywhere i want on the home screen without following the grid format)
5) share photos and videos to any 3rd party apps i want

1. Choose default mail, browser, and calendar apps.
2. Control Center customization.
3. SMS quick-reply.
4. iTunes and App Store wish list notifications (price drops, especially). That would make the lists actually useful.
5. Live icons (a la Windows) without having to use badges as a workaround (see Fantastical using badge as today's date, or weather apps being able to show current temp on icon).

If Apple omits these top five features, iPhone5S shall remain my last iPhone, and I will join the masses here in Scandinavia that have left the platform during the last 12 months as the iPhone market share has nosedived locally.

App Store:
•short form passcode to download apps
•wish list box for later purchases
(Not just on some apps)
•related page with more choices-not just apps by the same company
-apps like this
-apps in related category
-apps that are similar price

•remove near me tab (worthless)
•bring back improved genius tab but more intuitive

Games Center:
•hide real name from friends
• message board friends (linked to iMessage)
• more multi -player games (turn based / live)
• Bluetooth /wifi multiplayer games
•Ability to remove score and games from Game Center without having to download the game
•Ability to hide what game your playing from friends
•games linked across all devices with scores and purchases

Photo stream:
•video stream
•photos are never deleted from the cloud

iTunes:
• monthly stream services for movies , tv shows and music ( Bundle package iTunes library ) =per month, people will pay it and drop cable altogether
•wish list for later purchases that you can't afford now or not sure if you want to buy
• Purchased material can be viewed in all languages with Subtitles (ex. Anime)
•Search Movies by price
•playlist organization

I would like the ability to select and copy more than one thing to paste whichever one I want in certain places.
I'd like to have the bitesms ability somehow.
Ability to change wallpapers either from lock screen or control area.
Have Bluetooth turn on automatically when I turn on a Bluetooth paired device.
Ability to type anywhere on screen to search or open apps within apps or at least pull down (unless this isn't already a function for ip4 users).

1. Ability to move images into an album so that you can remove the photo from the camera roll and still retain it in the album. Currently, it requires iTunes to move an image only into an album.
2. After closing an app found via spotlight, display the home page (or on the open folder) where it actually exists, not where you performed the search. Sometimes finding an app when you have lots of pages or folders is a real pain. Spotlight tells you the folder name which you have to manually search for, sure, but if it is on a page, it gives you no clue at all.
3. Modal reply to SMS or email, without exiting current app or even unlocking. For completeness, integrate services like FB and Twiter.
4. Better built-in email features such as header filtering (so we can filter junk), pop mail email folders, and the ability to mass delete messages (e.g., Edit>Select All).
5. Allow choice of other built-in Apple apps, like iRadio, podcasts, Music, etc to optionally replace the camera app on the setting pull up panel. You can start the camera by an up-swipe on the lock screen already. Most of these apps are also secure, so why can't we just pick new music without unlocking? (Ok, maybe the app would have to be prevented from deleting media... but that's not too hard.)

Please no more static icons! It's time for customizable widgets and/or live tiles! As it is, now some nearly 8 years in, the iPhone is in reality just an app launcher... Time for some real time information on the home screens...

Here are my five.
1. More information available on my home screen. I don't need all my apps in my face all the time.
2. Ability to respond to a message via pop up without leaving current app.
3. More functionality with finger print. Lock individual apps, payment, dedicated finger pulls up app of your choice.
4. Swiftkey style keyboard.
5. Better folders, They don't look very good.

1. Ability to replace any default app with an app of my choosing such as replacing Calendar with Fantastical 2 or Calvetica;
2. Nested folders to better organize apps and documents;
3. User selected automatic archiving of messages after thirty or ninety days;
4. Ability to prioritize notifications;
5. User selectable keyboard;
and 6. When the keyboard is in lower case, show lower case letters, but when the caps lock key is down show capital letters.

1. I want Siri to work with third party apps like Spotify.
2. iDevices detected as removable drive like iPods of days past
3. Some way to combat battery drain in a place with crappy signal that doesn't involve turning off data/airplane mode
4. Somewhat unrelated but I wish iCloud was more like Skydrive/Dropbox where you could see what's actually in there.

In no particular order:
1. Choose which app to open as default. if I want Chrome to open instead of safari, let me do so.
2. Better notifications on lock screen. Currently my jailbroken iPhone 5 and IntelliscreenX do an excellent job but i;d klike that integrated into the default OS.
3. File access to drag and drop files and .mp3s and be able to view/play them in my chosen app and in the case of music, without having to convert them to the personally hateful itunes standard.
4. Quick reply SMS popup, like BiteSMS provides.
5. The ability to 'freeze' some default apps and hide the icons so they won't show on my screen and won't auto-update. There are some apps, like Stocks, that I will never use so would like the ability in the settings panel to hide them and mark them as never to update.

1 - phone app on iPad (actually having all apps available to all devices would be good).
2 - elimination of ugly notifications pull-down (all notifications on lock screen instead).
3 - option to turn off "swipe to open."
4 - control over what shows up in the control panel.
5 - configurable keyboards.

1. Apple identity services extended to apps, so I can "login with apple id" the same way many apps let you login with Facebook.
2. Airdrop between mac and iOS
3. Be able to move videos directly from mac to iOS without syncing through iTunes
4. Radio station (internet) streaming in the music app, as has been on iTunes on desktop for years.
5. Simpler UI for battery management. Don't make me hunt for every little setting when battery life must be extended, have a global setting to maximize battery.

1) Quick reply for texts.
2) Ability to select the last picture taken when emailing, tweeting, posting to Facebook, etc. Right now you have to either take a picture or go to your album.
3) Not really anything specific but some homepage functionality beyond just a grid of icons.
4) My ultimate goal is for my phone to replace my wallet. I think that's still a good 5-10 years off. There's just too much money at stake for that NOT to happen. But that's also the problem. Over the next 5 years we're going to see a lot of attempts but they'll all be proprietary and that will slow mass deployment and adoption to a crawl.

In addition to many of the above...
1. Better battery life
2. Animated GIFS in photo gallery
3. A file app
4. 3rd party access to some default Apple services
5. Being able to copy part of a SMS text instead of the whole thing
BONUS - Smarter Siri with more voices

While not an OS request, I'd LOVE to see a MUCH bigger screen (hardware) and MUCH larger iCloud storage for each user (5GB is NOT enough).

I've been waiting for Apple to fill this void since owning only an iPod Touch. Please, Apple, add a little "+" button to the Music app so that while I'm listening to a song and realize it would fit well in the such & such a playlist, I could just tap the + and pick from existing playlists or create a new one. Adding the currently playing song to a playlist on-the-fly has always been the most unintuitive process on what is supposed to be an extremely intuitive mobile interface.

2. Interactive notifications à la BiteSMS.

3. Inter-app communications. No more bookmarklets.

4. Better transparency of and control over iCloud. I like the idea of a Files app for iCloud.

5. No more one-computer restriction for music management on iPhone. I can copy songs to my iPad from any computer through iTunes but my iPhone is still restricted to one. It makes adding music while at work frustrating and is one of the reasons I still jailbreak: PwnTunes. Taking this a step further and providing a drag-n-drop folder for music and abolishing the requirement for iTunes for music management altogether would make my year.

1.) Greatly enhanced Siri stability and reliability. Every time I've seen a friend use Google Now on their Androids... well, I have to say that I think it beats Siri hands down. Maybe make it not so dependent on the cloud, move more of it to the device so there are less "... I can't take any requests right now..."

2.) Heh... this may seem dumb, but I *hate* the Safari icon in iOS 7. It just... I dunno, I hate it.

3.) location based settings. I.e. when I walk into work, automatically put the phone on silent mode, etc...

1) Make Siri capable of setting a location based reminder for somewhere other than home or work. Ya know, like Google Now.
2) I would love to be able to take a picture and use it as wallpaper. Right now it gets gets blown waaaay up and won't fit the screen...even if I turn the perspective zoom off.
3) Improved battery life on iPhone 5S
4) More free iCloud storage. 5g just doesn't cut it when there are numerous other services that offer more.
5) Better stability. I still have the occasional app crash or Safari crash. I never had these before IOS7.

I want to be able to set the volume of the alarms independently from the volume of the ringer. I use my phone as my alarm and don't need to volume all the way up to wake up, but need to volume all the way up to hear the phone ring.

1. a scrolling screen of apps including the ones you have open at the moment, so you don't have to exit an app, to get access to another, and
2. dynamic live app squares, so you can change a music track without going into the app itself, or respond to an email without going into the app itself,
3. some type of 3d cube for each app, the idea of 1, 2 and 3 is to cut down on the number of click/taps you have to make
3. remote assistance for iOS, please
4. notification and the today screen built into the home screen somehow
6. finder app please
7. the ability to save any file type in iCloud e.g. dropbox

separately i would like to see a infared camera built into the next iPhone to help with night time driving e.g. flir esq (see below)

I would like to be able to have Groups in Contacts so I can send mass email/SMS messages natively instead of having to use a third party app. Ideally with the option to send as SMS or MMS/Group/iMessage so I don't have to go shut it all off in settings, then back to messages to create it, send it, then back to settings to turn everything back on again and wait for iMessage to activate again. It gets annoying when you do it regularly.

Seriously, I think it's long past due to be able to download something besides photos to our local storage. We don't a full file manager, just a section where we can download and store non-photo documents that other apps can use.

1. Overall redesign of iOS 7 default apps (I like what 3rd party devs are designing with iOS 7 but Apple apps are lacking. It's like they don't even care anymore! Apple use to set the bar with app design and functionality. Now I don't think they too much thought into their apps.)

But seriously
1. Don't turn on the screen when the phone is in my pocket. Save battery.
2. Scheduler for mute, wifi, BT, etc to save battery.
3. Set any app as the default lock screen, updated live.
4. White balance lock once you start recording a video in the native app.
5. Some better way of app switching on the iPhone. Four finger swipe is fine on an iPad, but not on the phone.

6. When a person is in my favorites, allow their text sound to sound even if the phone is on do not disturb. There are favorites who contact me more than call and would like for them to make a sound during DND.

7. Some more "live' icons if not widgets. Temp on weather icon, other data as could fit on icons, etc.

1) Allow file attachments (speadsheets, pics, etc) to be selected from the mail app while composing an email. The current method of going to the file and "sharing" it via email is a poor workaround at best. It's a horrible solution when someone wants a file and you have to start a new message from scratch instead of simply clicking reply, then selecting the attachment.

2) Allow printing to any Wifi printer instead just Airplay printers. Really - that shouldn't be that big of a deal.

3) Improve on iCloud and let it have more functionality like Dropbox.

4) Even if we don't go the widget route, at least let apps update their icon. For example, a weather app should at least be able to display a temperature on the icon, much like the calendar icon shows the date.

5) Continue to improve Siri. Siri is good, but still not something I am inlcined to use often.

1- Blinfeed like in the control center, or in a unique page
2- Personalisation of the control center
3- More informations and active ones in the lock screen
4- While typing phone number, suggestions would come out

-Buy out whatever LLC is making BiteSMS and incorporate it as is or expand functionality to other messaging/social apps.
-Let users customize Control Center.

Do that and i'll be a happy camper. I'd like to venture on deeper/better background integration of apps, but that's highly contingent on battery capacity. Seeing how that app refresh thing affects battery life on the latest devices, let's just wait some more for that.

Well I don't really have 5 yet, but one thing for sure is I really want more dynamic wallpapers, or perhaps and option to download more. It doesn't make any sense to me that they would make a new feature like that with only one wallpaper to choose from in different colors. I also want to see something that you can access to the left of the homescreen, where Spotlight used to be. I think that would be a great place for possibly a widgets page, like the Mac widgets sort of.

I would like to see different coloured key pad choices for apple users and the fact then we are able to. Attach different colours text messages to different contacts allowing the iOS users to define! " grouping" by this I mean you could have one colour for family one for work one for friends and so on!

I've read all these and most of the stuff you all ask for are already on BB10. The only thing I wish BlackBerry had the iPhone has is fingerprint scanner which is coming anyways now that the trackpad is back (it's been patented back in 2009). Anyways wouldn't it just be easier to upgrade to BB10 and save yourself the trouble. Reading all these comments make me appreciate my BlackBerry Z10 even more. I guess there's no need to "upgrade" to iOS and I wouldn't risk it anyways since Apple shares data with NSA.

You are just a troll, but I have to point out that your last sentence is the opposite of "true." Apple is one of the few companies that protects your data from the NSA with any real rigour. Google, Blackberry etc., and all other companies just give up the information whenever they are asked. It says so right in the end-user agreement. Apple on the other hand makes them jump through some hoops first and only gives the information if a valid warrant is received.

Blackberry in particular has given information to US security services, but also *foreign* (non-US) security services of many countries, lots and lots of times. They have also "opened up" (given a back door to), their servers to the security officers of many countries. You have far less protection on a Blackberry than you do on iOS.

1) Microsoft Document Editor
2) Facebook and Twitter share widgets in notification centre, like in iOS 6. It was very convenient.
3) iPhoto,iMovie and paid apps of the sort to come pre-installed. These apps are of of utmost utility but are paid apps, so people refrain from buying them.
4) Select All and Delete option in Mail.
5) Emoji Keyboard should be in-built.
)) Barcode Scanner

- Airdrop between ios and osx
- The ability to save map data on the iphone for a selected radius around the current position and temporarily record your movement on the map
- customised control centre icons
- airdrop over icloud
- iradio in the uk

1) Option to turn on auto app closure to prevent having to keep manually closing apps once opened (add toggle buttons for each app to be included by the auto close)
2) Ability to create/rename additional email folders within iOS
3) Delete/move all email option
4) iCloud storage for PDF/files etc. with easy access for managing
5) Resolve varying battery performance (rectify why this varies so much for different users)

Also, not necessarily an iOS thing but:

1) Increase iCloud storage allowance for each Apple device owned !
2) Include the other default Apple iPhone app's such as weather, stocks, calc etc. on the iPad or at least allow you to download these from the App Store.

I'd like to see a bit more user customization in the settings app. They should be able to integrate something like Springtomise from the jailbreak community into the stock iOS 8. Inter app communication will be much liked.

1. Core File access : User / Application access to some kind of file system, or a Files.app. This would / should give apps the ability to share files across the system rather than having to deal with the limited share sheet and or backing out of one app to go into another.

3. Notifications : Swipe away notifications, actionable notifications, (also I would like the instant post feature for Facebook and twitter back from iOS 6 or the option to have it or not)

4. Home screens : Smart Folders, create a folder based on app type, instant folders based on things like Photography, News, etc. These would also pull in new apps as they are downloaded. Also the ability to re-flow the apps on the home screens. Often after setting up my folders manually i end up with a bunch of screens with one or two spots open and having the option to re-flow or re-sort the apps alphabetically and remove the extraneous spaces would soothe my inner OCD.

5. Themes : I know we aren't going to see a skinnable iOS anytime soon but the option to chose between light and dark themes for system apps, and between light and dark keyboards would be a start.

6. Also a customize-able control center.

It's a lot more than 5 single things but I really hope we see some of these things sooner or later.

1) NFC enabled
2) Apple should come up with something like Active Frames of Blackberry 10. They are quite useful and a time saver
3) Do Not Disturb needs more work.
4) The clock app sucks. It needs to be completely redesigned and we iOS 8 should come up with something where clock comes up upon locking the home-screen. During night time, the clock should glow a bit(a subtle effect)
5) Multi-tasking as mentioned by so so many members here needs a HUGE improvement(directly related to Active Frames)

1. Remove Missed tab. make notification center one list, Notifications.
2. Move today screen where spotlight used to be, Similar to the Google now launcher. (could implement google now like predictive features)
3. App sounds while in silent mode (frustrating when you forgot you left your phone on silent)
4. Add Post to Facebook and Tweet buttons to control center or today screen (listed above) or notification center.
5. Allow inter app communication, open in Instagram, Dropbox, etc.

1. Quick reply text.
2. Air drop from iOS to Mac.
3. Better multitasking. Especially if the iPhone 6 has a larger screen, being able to use 2 apps at once would be great.
4. Control center customization.
5. Dark theme! At least more options to customize the overall look of iOS.

1. Better inter-app communication.
2. Clear all notifications in the notification centre.
3. Video reviews for all the apps in the App Store.
4. Refund option (until a certain point of time) for the paid Apps.
5. Some kind of settings option to manage the entire screen. Moving 1 app at a time can sometimes be taxing.
6. iTunes Radio standalone app.

- speed limit notifications in Maps
- Siri without the need to be connected to the network
- Notes expanded to be more notebooks (Evernote/OneNote competitor) with sharing
- iRadio as seperate and set so I can use it to use cellular data without it also setting automatic downloads to use cellular (I'm happy to stream some radio, but not fetch that 200mb game update)
- iBooks to be able to sync read position on non-iTunes purchased ebooks without specifically using bookmarks

1. Inter-app communication and sharing across the board. Android like features I find very convenient. Most of the times, I share iMore and other news articles with family and friends through messaging apps. Instant sharing with the option to choose destination apps is way better than copying and pasting links. Another example would be editing a picture in one app (Snapseed for example) and then sending it to another app without the need to save the picture first.

2. File manager. OK, so maybe Apple doesn't want Us to tamper with system files. I get it. But there are times that I wouldn't know where downloaded email attachements and files exported from dropbox/box are located. Say if I need to send the same file in a separate email or through instant messaging apps. Or maybe say I want to better manage memory space by deleting no longer needed personal files.

3. Camera / Video. The iPhone was designed with mobile photography in mind. But some features seems to be lackingwith the native app. Shooting in single or burst mode is now convenient. But please let us have the option to choose the best shot after taking bursts. The option to shoot in wide angle, macro and night mode in addition to HDR and Panorama mode would be nice too. Another feature that would be great is to have more manual control over settings such as ISO, shutter speed, apperture, exposure and time lapse. Make it even more fun to use with HTC Zoe like features such as sequence shots, object removal and optimum group shots while post-editing

4. iMessage. It's great that we can share photos, videos, contact cards, locations and voice notes. But must we access separate apps to do this? Why not have these integrated together where the camera button sits within iMessage. The addition of group messaging like BBM and group video chats like Hangouts would be great. Oh, lets not forget about VOIP calling option.

5. Mail. What about the ability to easily attach files (photos, documents, etc.) within the native mail app. Also add important features that separate mail apps have.

Would also like a scrolling dock to add more things I use the most on the bottom dock. I would like to have more moving wallpapers that I can either get for free or buy instead of just having the preloaded ones. Also would like to have wallpaper to be an app. That way I can store my own wallpapers in there and be able to access Apple's wallpapers all in one. Without having to go through the settings app to get to it.

1. Inter-app communication.
2. Actionable notifications (bite SMS,etc. ). - this goes with inter-app communication
3. More predictive features
4. Profiles - have phone pick up when in different places; at home - shut down bluetooth, etc; at work - go to vibrate, different homescreen with work apps; in car - Siri listens for requests; etc
5. Mobile payments system

1. Dark theme, themes in general, even a "classic ios 6 theme"
2. hide apps
3. Dark theme
4. combine the pull down and pull up centers.
5. the ability in the music player to define which lists show album art and which ones don't.

that's about it. i don't really care that much about anything other than dark theme. but i like having choice and apple is often too take it or leave it for my tastes.

1. Customization of the home screen
2. Customization of what items can be placed on the bottom pull up menu thingy.
3. Siri always listening
4. Being able to select third party apps as defaults. (maps, gmail, etc)
5. live notifications on the home screen. (to dos , weather, etc)

1. A file system that makes managing docs on and between devices much easier than the current system.
2. Better integration for audio/video services between devices. Remove the confounding restrictions for accessing owned and rented content based on purchase device, purchase source and device display format. When you rent or buy or assimilate something into the Apple eco system it should seamlessly be available on all your devices. When you have multiple devices video renting/playback seems to not work well and iTunes match is still half baked.
3. I want to use my iPhone as a wallet. While this may lean on a device with proper security, i.e. Touch ID, it is ultimately a universal software/security issue as iOS will be the brains behind the hardware implementations. Perhaps my iPad, iWatch, iLapelPin and iTruss will someday also function as payment devices. I can wait for those. Apple needs to led here. They have my credit card number, now let me use it where and when I want.
4. Solve the image management fiasco that is modern camera enabled devices. iPhoto, Streams and iCloud are close but no cigar. Sharing is getting better but managing the hundreds and thousands of images that people will accumulate over the life of a device is only getting more difficult. Apple need to solve this problem in a synergetic way that doesn't require users to seek out 3rd party apps in an attempt to plug holes. 3rd party solutions, while often elegant and precise, require more than the "just works" approach that Apple should be known for. Really, no one has managed to solve this problem yet without the user having to have advance knowledge of a categorization and tagging schemes and then religiously adhering to them. Still images are VD of modern communication devices. We create and spread this disease with a multitude of apps. Still image and video management has yet to "just work".
5. Set Siri free. I want the "option" for Siri to be my man Godfrey, answering without me having to gesticulate or tickler her into action. I want the "option" to get a prompt from Siri to read incoming text/email to me, and an intuitive and intelligent means of responding to those messages....as well as the ability to initiate new messages/email. Before any of this can happen Siri needs to understand my non-regional, often sober accent. While I would relish the opportunity if Siri could actually connect the call, I really just want to talk to Aunt Bethany, not Pat Metheny. Or Pat Meth-an-ee, as Siri likes to pronounce it.
***BONUS ROUND****
Provide some way of simply and efficiently managing attachments in mail and messages. This is really beginning to be a cluster hump.

1. Healthbook/iWatch integration (interestingly, spellcheck has problems with Healthbook but none with iWatch...)
2. More customization for the Notifications screen
3. More customization for the Home screen (I like the big clock idea and the non-grid option idea)
4. The ability to hide apps so kids can play with my phone without me having to worry; this ability should be flipped on and off with a password and we shouldn't have to choose which apps each time
5. A nightstand clock mode that is customizable

1) Widgets on home screen
2) FM radio
3) Mobile payments (NFC, scan, tap, whatever)
4) Ability to select other apps for default (like maps, browser, etc.)
5) Ability to have apps like Dropbox not time out so quickly in background when uploading files/photos

1. Make the native calendar like Fantistical but slightly better, I wanna see at a months glance the colored dots as quick access for all calendars.
2. I agree, let me choose more than one email to delete.
3. While listening to my music videos, I want the ability to turn my phone on its side to view it in full screen, again!
4. Would like to share my lists, reminders etc with other users from the native Reminders list.
5. Lastly for this list, a more stream lined way to add purchased music to existing playlists.

Ditto on the "Select All" feature for deleting emails. Also, would like see an ability for third-party app developers to bring us different keyboard options like Swiftkey. Also, the ability to schedule text message auto-delivery.

The responses I've read so far aren't very bold, so..
1. Themes - Free or paid themes that can be created by 3rd party developers and downloaded from the App Store.
2. Widgets - The ability for apps to come with their own widgets that can be placed on the lock screen, the home screen, and the notification center.
3. More camera and photo features - More advanced photo editing features like snapseed. The ability to set a timer for your camera. Motion detection, etc.
4. More music features - The ability to create smart playlists and features from djay like track fading. Maybe even "mood" playlists.
5. Better maps - transit routes, more accurate data, etc.

1. Be able to try out apps before buying it.
2. (Unlikely) Bring back the weather widget because I find it more convenient.
3. Customizable Control Center.
4. The option to choose between white or black keyboard and use just one, not mixed.
5. PS4/XBox One Controller support. < it's the dream!

1. please please fix the stinking text message tone blaring in my ear when i get an incoming text when i'm on a phone call! i can't believe i'm the only one who finds this a problem and that they haven't fixed this yet.
2. easier manipulation of sound files so that they can be sent via sms (blackberry) and can be saved on the phone somewhere--and used as ring tones.
3. custom sound profiles
4. better keyboard....swipe keyboard
5. something has to be done with battery life--its atrocious!